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Campus Minister/Director–Winthrop Wesley Foundation–Rock Hill, South Carolina

The Board of Directors of the Winthrop Wesley Foundation announces the following part-time opportunity available starting July 1, 2024: Campus Minister/Director About Winthrop Wesley The Winthrop Wesley Foundation- known on campus as “Winthrop Wesley” or simply “Wesley”- is the official United Methodist campus ministry at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. We welcome students of all backgrounds, faith traditions,…

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Senator Scott: Finding community and connection

…need for God on another level.” Scott knew he needed a change. This change took on the form of a move to Mexico, where Scott taught middle and high school students for three years. While in Mexico, he began reading the Bible and found himself craving spiritual community, and he found it in the form of an online small group…

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BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: November 2023

…this year. Forwarded from Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Sisters Hate has 4 letters, so does Love. Enemies has 7 letters, so does Friends. Lying has 5 letters, so does Truth. Negative has 8 letters, so does Positive. Under has 5 letters, so does Above. Cry has 3 letters, so does Joy. Anger has 5 letters, so does Happy. Right has…

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Living Generously

…so you may share abundantly in every good work.” As you RIG your life for Christ, kindly remember to include gifts to support seminarians at Union. See the website for giving opportunities. For tracking purposes, when you give write “BAA” on the line with your name if you give online, and on the memo line if you send a check….

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In “Reference” to Paula Skreslet

…the library’s rare 1559 edition of Jean Calvin’s “Institutes of the Christian Religion.” It was the last printing produced in Geneva during Calvin’s lifetime and under his supervision. Of the five revisions of the book, 1559 is considered the definitive edition. Photos by Mollie Trainum In addition to working for Union is she also an alumna. Skreslet’s husband, Stan Skreslet,…

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About Giving: Attitude is Everything

…is everything! As you give (with a positive attitude) to the church and laudable faith-based causes, kindly remember to include gifts to support seminarians at Union. (See the website for giving opportunities. For tracking purposes, when you give, write BAA on the line with your name if you give online and on the memo line if you send a check!)…

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What a Difference a Gift Makes!

…I’m a part of you, dear…” This beautiful song makes the point that one seemingly small event or interaction in your life can result in a profound change for and in you. For me, a gift made the difference. “A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great” (Prov. 18:16). That access is given to the gifter and the…

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Celebrate Constitution Day with us and RBG

BY DORA ROWE Constitution Day is Thursday, September 17, and Union Presbyterian Seminary Library is sponsoring events in celebration. This year, we will be hosting them mainly online, through highlighting videos in our collection and a research guide, as well as a physical book display in the library. This is the first thing I wanted to highlight, though, since it…

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Black Alumni Association Newsletter: February 2022

…come too far! When Lord? BY REV. DR. ANGELA DUNCAN UNION-PSCE M.Div 2003 Habbakuk 1:1- 4 (NRSV) 1 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. The Prophet’s Complaint 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see…

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Experience the Joy of Giving!

…agent”. God will replenish it for you – to give again and the cycle continues! So give to help with the teaching and learning at Union Presbyterian Seminary to prepare leaders for the church and the world. See the website for giving opportunities. When you give, write BAA on the line with your name if you give online and on…

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Union Forum: Chaplaincy & COVID-19

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “Union Forum” Union Forum: Chaplaincy & COVID-19 Union Forum: What should white Christians do about racism? Union Forum: Why do racist symbols have to go? Union Forum: How can Christians respond to unjust policing? Union Forum: Reimagining Community and Public Safety Union Forum: Caste and Race: Solidarity Across the Oceans Join…

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Started UPSem 2002: Rev. Lori Raible (MDiv 2006)

This is post 1 of 20 in the series “Profiling 20 Years of Faithful Calls” Started UPSem 2002: Rev. Lori Raible (MDiv 2006) Started UPSem 2003: Rev. Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown (MDiv 2008) Started UPSem 2004: Rev. Nadine Ellsworth-Moran (MDiv / MACE 2011) Started UPSem 2005: Rev. Noe Juarez-Loayza (MDiv 2010) Started UPSem 2006: Rev. Lorenzo Small (MDiv 2013) Started UPSem…

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Experience the Joy of Giving

…for you – to give again and the cycle continues! So give to help with the teaching and learning at Union Presbyterian Seminary to prepare leaders for the church and the world. See the website for giving opportunities. When you give, write BAA on the line with your name if you give online and on the memo line of your…

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Activist in Profile: Rev. Dr. Claude Forehand II

…to practice their faith should be educated in their faith regardless of what that faith entails. This conviction is why he considers himself a lifelong learner and says that his personal faith is always evolving. While Rev. Forehand considers himself a Christian, he aspires to live into a very different brand of the religion—one that more accurately speaks to his…

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Community Church at Lake Wylie – Seeks Senior Pastor

…in the rapidly growing Greater Charlotte Area with the church campus situated on a main highway close to established neighborhoods, schools, apartments, and shopping. We are searching for a Senior Pastor who has been ordained by an accredited Protestant denomination, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, and a Master of Divinity degree from a theological seminary or divinity school…

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Union Seminary announces faculty promotions

…and spatial practices were transformed by acts of violence among Egyptian ascetics. She has also co-edited and translated “The History of the Great Deeds of Bishop Paul of Quentos and Priest John of Edessa: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity volume 29” (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2010). She contributed to “Melania: Early Christianity Through the Life of One Family” (University…

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New book offers a fresh examination of a critical juncture in Christian history

RICHMOND, VA (March 4, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary Associate Professor of Church History Christine Luckritz Marquis has authored a new book that offers a fresh examination of a critical juncture in Christian history and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition. ”The book is designed to reunite two parallel scholarly narratives because…

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Gems for The Journey: Memorializing African American Inventors by Rev. Veronica Thomas (M.Div.’07)

…lives. I will just name a few. Albert B. Blackburn – The cross-bar to help enable trains to transmit signals coming from either direction. Charles B. Brooks – invented the street sweeper which helped in cleaning the streets and shopping malls. This invention uses revolving brushes which elevates the rubbish into a refuse receptacle. Garrett A. Morgan – In November…

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Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Legacy Luncheon in Norfolk, VA

…April 27, 2019 from 11 am – 1 pm. First Presbyterian Church, 820 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, Virginia 23507. Our Keynote Speaker is Rev. Dr. Yvonne Delk- “Tell Your Own Story” . Dr. Delk is the First African American Woman to be ordained as clergy in the United Church of Christ. Luncheon: $30 To register, please go online and visit BIT.LY/CANNONLUNCHEON…

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